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Home Poems | Examples of Home Poetry

Home Poems - Examples of all types of home poetry to share and read. This list of home poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of home poetry. This list of works about home is an excellent resource for examples on how to write home poems.
Homer Translations
Surrender to sleep at last! What a misery, keeping watch all night, wide awake. Soon you’ll succumb to sleep and escape all your troubles. Sleep. — Homer, translation by Michael R. Burch Passage home? Impossible! Surely...Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, god, home, mountains,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member you are kidding
The antiquated train station in Omaha could make a marvelous house Are you kidding? My spouse asked. You are kidding, right? I was not kidding, my mind saw a potential no one else saw. We bid on it,...Read the rest...
Categories: home,
Form: Prose Poetry
How Clean
Today I cleaned for hours Getting rid of mostly dust. If I did this more often, I’d feel less worn out, I trust. Yet unlike many others, Who have homes that sparkly shine, No one would ever use that phrase About...Read the rest...
Categories: home,
Form: Rhyme
My Home
Green in the background A narrow path paved stones That led to my home...Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, creation, home, image,
Form: Haiku
A mother
#She's a mother, your mother, time and space might denied her almost all her wishes and dreams bt she forged wth all she have for yours to materialize. She might be nt educated, speak nor...Read the rest...
Categories: home, beautiful, best friend, emotions,
Form: Free verse



Elite On Mission
Due to Earth tension Mars will soon be our backyard Elite on mission....Read the rest...
Categories: future, home, perspective, planet,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Resident In My Father's House-
~~~home is where the heart is in my residents is always in with God 4/24/24 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2024...Read the rest...
Categories: home, adventure, analogy, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Simple life
My house is not rich I don't decorate fancy a simple life lived...Read the rest...
Categories: home,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member TIRED--Andaree
Extreme cleaning my house is wearing me out, but I’ll get through. There can be no doubt. Straining and scrubbing’s required. Buckets, I’ve perspired. I’m beyond tired. Though not fond of being this mired in hard labor, I aspired to cleanliness. When I’m...Read the rest...
Categories: home, pride, work,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member unexpected rain
mowed yard not finished unexpected rain comes in wait till tomorrow...Read the rest...
Categories: home, rain,
Form: Haiku
Homer translations
Homer translations Surrender to sleep at last! What an ordeal, keeping watch all night, wide awake. Soon you’ll succumb to sleep and escape all your troubles. Sleep. — Homer, translation by Michael R. Burch Passage home? Impossible!...Read the rest...
Categories: home, death, father son, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member House of Cards
You say you need a strong foundation, my friend? On a god or guru, you cannot depend. It is empty and false, and I beg your pard, But, it will all fall down just like...Read the rest...
Categories: depression, divorce, friend, home,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Family Home
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is a sold sign on the lawn, In front of the house where I was born. Our family home where roots run deep, With connections to cherish, to hold, to keep. So many memories etched within, Though the images...Read the rest...
Categories: family, goodbye, home, moving
Form: Couplet
Premium Member In The Forest Are Two Cottages
In The Forest Are Cottages Is a cottage built A two story home With a Bay window It has a stone front then layered with bricks Their entrance door red The garage door same In the forest seen Trees around the home Is cleared to...Read the rest...
Categories: home, community, family, flower, garden,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Hiraeth
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nothing takes you back like a smell-the scent of precious memories that transport one sick for home ...Read the rest...
Categories: home,
Form: Kimo

Specific Types of Home Poems

Read wonderful home poetry on the following sub-topics: away from, coming, daughter, farewell, funny, going, haiku, heart, home sweet, love, moving away, new, nursing, welcome and more.

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